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My name is Marco Pantanella, and I write about the Italian Serie A and World soccer in general. :) I have been a soccer enthusiast from a very early age, when I started kicking the ball around as a little baby in my garden. From then on, enthusiasm became a passion, and passion eventually lead to the creation of my Soccer Blog in July 2007. During the course of my life, I was exposed to a variety of cultures and had to chance to live in many places across the world. I've had the opportunity to play soccer on the fields of Italy, Germany, France, Belgium, Spain, Canada, and Martinique. I currently live in Montreal, Quebec. As a good patriot, I've been a vivid follower of Italian soccer through the years, but I've also kept a keen interest for most of Europe's top soccer leagues. This website is the result of my passion for soccer & writing, and an attempt to share this passion with others. I hope you enjoy it! And always remember: FORZA AZZURRI!! :D Web Site: Italian Serie A & World Soccer News Claimed Blog: mCalcio.com BallHype Member since Sept. 17, 2007 |
mcalcio.com - 3/20/2009
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FC Dynamo Kyiv and FC Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine's
first-ever UEFA Cup quarter-finalists will both meet French sides
in the last eight following today's draw for the remaining rounds. Dynamo have been paired with Paris Saint-Germain FC, with the first leg in France, and though the stage will (...)
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UEFA Cup Quarter-Finals Draw (2008-09)
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mcalcio.com - 3/20/2009
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UEFA Champions League holders Manchester United will take
on 2004 winners Porto while Chelsea and Liverpool are
matched again in the quarter-finals after the draw for the remainder of the competition was made today in Nyon.
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UEFA Champions League Quarter-Finals Draw (2008-09)
mcalcio.com - 2/25/2009
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Fresh from the great minds of Gazzetta dello
Sport, here is a look at ALL THE PLAYERS
from tonight's UEFA Champion's League Chelsea vs. Juventus fixture. Enjoy!
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Chelsea vs. Juventus: The PLAYERS
mcalcio.com - 2/24/2009
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Fresh from the great minds of Gazzetta dello
Sport, here is a look at ALL THE PLAYERS
from UEFA Champion’s League Arsenal vs. Roma. Enjoy!
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Arsenal vs. Roma: The PLAYERS
mcalcio.com - 2/24/2009
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Fresh from the great minds of Gazzetta dello
Sport, here is a look at ALL THE PLAYERS
from UEFA Champion’s League Inter Milan vs. Manchester United. Enjoy!
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Inter Milan vs. Manchester United: The PLAYERS
mcalcio.com - 2/19/2009
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No other team epitomizes the lack of defensive
effort coupled with goalscoring power better than Werder Bremen,
and as expected Wednesday’s Round of 32 UEFA Cup tie vs. AC Milan ended with goals. No shower mind you, just 1-1, but it’s a scoreline which leaves everything open for the return leg.
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Werder Bremen 1-1 AC Milan: Inzaghi for the Opener, ...
mcalcio.com - 2/10/2009
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The mother of all games, or as Lippi
and Falcao tagged it, the 'Derby of the World'.
As yet another week of international friendlies begins, fans everywhere will be eagerly anticipating Tuesday's fixture at the Emirates Stadium of London, the epic encounter of BRAZIL vs. ITALY.
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Brazil vs. Italy Preview: London's Emirates Stadium Gets ...
mcalcio.com - 2/7/2009
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It turns it that there are elaborate economic
& financial calculations behind the latest “Messi is worth
€254 million” claims. Like Spanish Income and VAT tax laws tied to his 150m contract-release clause. Read on...
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Lionel Messi Worth €254m… Says Spanish Tax Laws
mcalcio.com - 1/31/2009
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Soccer is one of the greatest things in
the world but it’s not perfect. It used to
be perfect. Before money and television and the Bosman ruling [...] and prawn sandwiches and rotation. English newspaper The Times takes a stab at the “50 Worst Things about Modern Football”. Could have been 500.
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Top 50 Worst Things About Modern Soccer
mcalcio.com - 1/25/2009
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It just seems that Napoli’s home form, as
good as it might be (the Azzurri had raked
up 18 consecutive home matches without a loss), can’t help but break its teeth when it’s dealing with the Giallorossi. Who have now increased their Napoli-Roma victories streak to three.
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Napoli 0-3 Roma: Giallorossi Enjoying Neapolitan ...
mcalcio.com - 1/25/2009
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The Bianconeri can pat themselves on the back.
After a long climb the Old Lady reached the
peak of Serie A, planting her flag at the top; some very much needed black & white colours to break the monotony of a landscape of Neroazzurro.
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Juventus 1-0 Fiorentina: Marchisio Puts Bianconeri on ...
mcalcio.com - 1/24/2009
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After 3.3 million votes cast by 256,000 online
users (slightly less than last year), the uefa.com Team
of the Year 2008 was revealed earlier this week. And as can usually be expected with these things, this starting eleven will please many and disappoint others.
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UEFA Team of the Year 2008
mcalcio.com - 1/23/2009
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Inter-Roma has become a Coppa Italia tradition in
recent years. Since June 2005, these teams always contended
the final of a competition which, at the cost of being snubbed by big teams, often served as the launching platform of many interesting youngsters and given rise to many spectacular matches.
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Inter 2-1 Roma: Adriano & Zlatan Lead the Way to Coppa ...
mcalcio.com - 1/4/2009
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Fabio Cannavaro, Carlos Tevez, Michael Ballack, Michael Owen,
Mark Van Bommel… these are but a few of
the players whose contract is set to expire at the end of the season. In other words: it’s “Bosman Bonanza” time, with some real bargains to be made…
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Soccer Bargains: All EXPIRING CONTRACT Players for 2009
mcalcio.com - 12/27/2008
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It’s that time of the year again. With
the days fast approaching December 31, awards for the
“Best XI” of 2008 are being handed left and right. Let’s have a look at what the main sports newspaper in France has in store for us this year. Here’s L’Équipe’s All-Star XI Football Players for 2008.
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L’Équipe’s Best XI Soccer Players of 2008
